The Shemwell Family

Leatha Rose GlennAge: 103 years19112014

Name
Leatha Rose Glenn
Given names
Leatha Rose
Surname
Glenn
Married name
Leatha Rose Cook
Birth January 26, 1911
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 4 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 5 years)

Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918 (Age 6 years)

Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 18 years)

Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
Birth of a son
#1
Edward Leroy Cook
May 4, 1934 (Age 23 years)
Census May 7, 1940 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Leo Owen Cook
August 5, 1942 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 30 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 38 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Death of a husbandClaude Leroy “Buster” Cook
March 8, 1961 (Age 50 years)
Burial of a husbandClaude Leroy “Buster” Cook
March 11, 1961 (Age 50 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mount Hope Cemetery
Death of a sonLeo Owen Cook
May 12, 1962 (Age 51 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Kurt D Eberhart
February 12, 1968 (Age 57 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 34 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Death of a grandsonKurt D Eberhart
May 23, 2012 (Age 101 years)
Burial of a grandsonKurt D Eberhart
June 1, 2012 (Age 101 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: West Lawn Memorial Gardens
Religion: Methodist
Death of a sonEdward Leroy Cook
November 26, 2013 (Age 102 years)
Burial of a sonEdward Leroy Cook
November 30, 2013 (Age 102 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Maple Grove Cemetery
Death June 4, 2014 (Age 103 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mount Hope Cemetery
Family with Claude Leroy “Buster” Cook - View this family
husband
herself
Leatha Rose Glenn
Birth: January 26, 1911Lecompton, Douglas, Kansas, United States
Death: June 4, 2014Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States
son
Edward Leroy Cook
Birth: May 4, 1934 24 23Lecompton, Douglas, Kansas, United States
Death: November 26, 2013Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States
daughter
Private
son
Private
son
Private
son
Leo Owen Cook
Birth: August 5, 1942 32 31Manitou Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States
Death: May 12, 1962Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States
Claude Leroy “Buster” Cook + Antoinette Audell “Nettie” Daugherty - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: 1926Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States
22 months
step-daughter
Leona Lavonne Cook
Birth: November 3, 1927 17 17Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States
Death: November 3, 1927Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States
13 months
step-daughter
Anna Louise Cook
Birth: November 23, 1928 18 18Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States
Death: November 23, 1928Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States
15 months
step-son
Bobby Gene Cook
Birth: February 23, 1930 19 19Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States
Death: September 1, 2012Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States

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